[Troops and trucks, Northern Territory]

Accession Number ART91644
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 54.6 x 71.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description Watercolour and pencil on watercolour paper
Maker Wood, C Dudley
Place made Australia: Northern Territory
Date made c 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

The image in the foreground is of three men armed with rifles, standing in trenches. They wear tin hemets and shorts, and their semi-bare torsos are crossed with straps and pouches. Their identity tags are on view. The middleground features armed men in similar dress, steeping from a truck. In the background, the solitary figure of a member of the militia rides a motorbike, with the three small figures in slouch hats and a truck standing to the rear. A third truck is located on the viewer's right. The area is forested with palm trees. Large white clouds fill the sky.